





124 THE BOUQUET. 

ZINNIA. 
ZINNIA MULTIFLORA. 
Absence. 
THE zinnia’s solitary flower, 
Which blooms in forests lone and deep, 
Are like the visions, fair and bright, 
That faithful, absent hearts will keep. 
ANONYMOUS. 
In some lonely, silent hour, 
When thou shalt yield to memory’s power, 
Let her fondly lead thee o’er 
The scenes that thou hast passed before, 
To absent friends and days gone by ; 
Then should these flowers meet thine eye, 
A true memento may they be, 
Of one whose bosom owes to thee 
So many hours enjoyed in gladness, 
That else, perhaps, had passed in sadness, 
And many a golden dream of joy, 
Untarnished and without alloy ;— 
O, still my fervent prayer will be, 
‘ Heaven’s choicest blessings rest on thee.’ 
H. F. Gounp. 


